Re: webTV adapter
Jim wrote:
| Hi, thanks for sharing that with us.
| I found that BHO in HJT but had decided to leave it. I note the &
| "UNDO IT". Are you implying that there are problems with using HJT to
| "Fix it" in the event that the user might want to reinstall Wavetop?
| Is there any use for this technology anymore? If I use HJT to fix
| this problem there is backup. If I decided for some reason to
| reinstall Wavetop or any part of WebTV98 [because of its broadcast
| architecture]; will using HJT cause me to have to reinstate that
| particular backup?
| I found "Logit.txt" also.
What is the date of your Logit.txt? Is it continuing to fill
uncontrollably with error messages like mine was? If so, removing the
BHO will solve that. It has never caused me a problem to have done that
that I can detect or recollect. I'm not sure whether it was Explorer or
IE that was putting the error messages in there, but probably it was IE
(Wavetop is one of its Favorites). Open both to see whether Logit.txt
will grow.
Wavetop appears to do with that WEB TV the others are saying is
defunct...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232285/en-us
WaveTop 2.0 May Not Detect TV Tuner Card
Other than that, I really can't say whether you will ever need it or
whether reinstalling Wavetop will reinstall the BHO. Uninstalling
Wavetop, however, did not uninstall the BHO; so... ???.
If your Logit.txt is not filled with error messages or doesn't continue
to grow, I guess you can probably keep the BHO, though-- IF you are
squeamish about killing it.
| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
| news:O8SEHBg6IHA.616@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
|> Jim wrote:
|> | I had the users Guide up and running years ago and they were
|> | switching from Gemstar to Zap2it or something. Anyway the user had
|> | to download every week or so and when the ISP's began to offer the
|> | TV/Movie guide for all channels in your area e.g. by zip code this
|> | idea went by the wayside. It really needed to update itself on a
|> | weekly bases an now daily.
|> |
|> | Wavephore/Wavetop for all the power thinkers there did not fly
|> | because the consumers were not smart enough to rig it or did not
|> | want to buy the TV tuner card. Computers were expensive back then,
|> | so many were lucky if they had a 95B upgradeable or a 98/2k/mill
|> | and then xp etc. It is a struggle to keep pace for some of us or
|> | to afford the ISP on top. Is there a use for the TV Tuner card in
|> | today's world?
|>
|> If you've been toying with all that, best check for a file named
|> "Logit.txt"... "START button, Find, F/F, Logit.txt". That is a
|> monster log created by the Browser Helper Object (BHO) called
|> "Wavehelper Class" which is created by Wavetop. If uninstalling
|> Wavetop doesn't rid you of the BHO, here are 3rd party apps that
|> will...
|>
|>
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/ BHODemon
|> This one was free last I knew. It renames the BHO executable & can
|> "undo" that.
|>
|>
http://www.pcmag.com/ 's BHOCop removes a BHO's Registry entries &
|> can "undo" that. "START button, Find, F/F, Logit.txt"-- see one?
|>
|>
http://www.whatthetech.com/hijackthis/
|> HijackThis, I believe, can do it too. But be sure to read its
|> instructions & cautions carefully.
|>
|> | "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
|> | news:eMBVbpR6IHA.4560@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
|> |> Sorry, that was for instructional purposes. There is no way to
|> |> "meld" the two conversations. I simply added the
|> |> Win98.Gen_Discussion thread to the WebTV group, although it is as
|> |> PA Bear said: The WebTV of Windows 98 has no relation to
|> |>
www.webtv.com, even though Win98's WebTV once *did* own that URL.
|> |> WebTV for Win98 is dead and to my knowledge, every part of it is
|> |> useless.
|> |>
|> |> --
|> |> Gary S. Terhune
|> |> MS-MVP Shell/User
|> |>
http://grystmill.com
|> |>
|> |> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
|> |> news:egX2QiR6IHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
|> |> > The thread has now been cross-posted from this point on.
|> |> >
|> |> > --
|> |> > Gary S. Terhune
|> |> > MS-MVP Shell/User
|> |> >
http://grystmill.com
|> |> >
|> |> > "Jim" <invalid@example.invalid> wrote in message
|> |> > news:%23ZxbbTO6IHA.4112@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
|> |> >> Sorry for slow turnaround here...I had a lot of reading and
|> |> >> other biz to take care of. I initially said;
|> |> >>
|> |> >> First, please forgive the multipost after several days. I did
|> |> >> not get a response in NG: microsoft.public.win98.webtv.
|> |> >>
|> |> >> Do you know how to bring these two into a crosspost? I finally
|> |> >> got a response from another tinker out there.
|> |> >>
|> |> >> Also note, see the AT&T U-Verse system is starting up in this
|> |> >> region this week.
|> |> >>
|> |> >>
|> |> >> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
|> |> >> news:%23gH%23gG64IHA.1428@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
|> |> >>> The application named WebTV is included in Win98 but it is not
|> |> >>> installed by default.
|> |> >>>
|> |> >>> Your friend's "webTV" box was the hardware associated with
|> |> >>>
www.webtv.com (which again has nothing to do with the
|> |> >>> application named WebTV included in Win98).
|> |> >>>
|> |> >>> A TV tuner card can have two functions:
|> |> >>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_tuner_card
|> |> >>>
|> |> >>> The application named WebTV is not included in WinXP or
|> |> >>> higher. I have no
|> |> >>> idea what's going on with
www.webtv.com (other than the fact
|> |> >>> that it's been available at some hotels where I've stayed and
|> |> >>> it didn't work worth squat).
|> |> >>>
|> |> >>>
|> |> >>> Jim wrote:
|> |> >>> > I am running win98se without a TV tuner card and I was not
|> |> >>> > aware of the
|> |> >>> > relationship of webTV in win98+ or the existence of
|> |> >>> >
www.webtv.com.
|> |> >>> >
|> |> >>> > I had a friend who had a webTV box, but we could not get it
|> |> >>> > connected, This
|> |> >>> > was sometime ago in early 2k+1 or 2. At that time it was a
|> |> >>> > neat idea with minor disappointment above. I also
|> |> >>> > implemented this on this machine in hope
|> |> >>> > of helping him. This adapter is still in the network
|> |> >>> > components list. Is
|> |> >>> > it
|> |> >>> > necessary for other functions such as streaming video? What
|> |> >>> > is the status of
|> |> >>> > WebTV and where is it going today?
|> |> >>> >
|> |> >>> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
|> |> >>> > news:e5XTrW44IHA.4448@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
|> |> >>> >> Are you running Win98 or Vista? (IIRC WebTV is not
|> |> >>> >> installed by default in
|> |> >>> >> Win98.)
|> |> >>> >>
|> |> >>> >> Do you have a TV tuner card installed?
|> |> >>> >>
|> |> >>> >> Are you aware that WebTV in Win98 has nothing to do with
|> |> >>> >>
www.webtv.com?
|> |> >>> >> --
|> |> >>> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
|> |> >>> >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience -
|> |> >>> >> since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin
http://aumha.net
|> |> >>> >> DTS-L
http://dts-l.net/
|> |> >>> >>
|> |> >>> >> Jim wrote:
|> |> >>> >>> First, please forgive the multipost after several days. I
|> |> >>> >>> did not get
|> |> >> a
|> |> >>> >>> response in NG: microsoft.public.win98.webtv.
|> |> >>> >>>
|> |> >>> >>> Does anybody use the WebTV features of win98+? The MS
|> |> >>> >>> TV/video adapter
|> |> >>> >>> in
|> |> >>> >>> the Network components list; is this a by product of an
|> |> >>> >>> install of this webTV component in MSIEv.6? The Vista
|> |> >>> >>> system is supposed to enhance the video experience with
|> |> >>> >>> more advanced drivers. Is this adapter necessary
|> |> >>> >>> for
|> |> >>> >>> Internet streaming video in today's world? It seems to
|> |> >>> >>> just hang on like a
|> |> >>> >>> dead alvin.
|>
|> --
|> Thanks or Good Luck,
|> There may be humor in this post, and,
|> Naturally, you will not sue,
|> Should things get worse after this,
|> PCR
|>
pcrrcp@netzero.net
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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
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